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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 31 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dcwino on 11/1/2023 & rated 93 points: Grand Jury du Vin - Republic of Georgia; 11/1/2023-11/9/2023 (Republic of Georgia then stopover in Paris and Dijon): In double magnum, complex nose displaying sweet subtle red fruit, strawberry, belle pepper, smoke, mushroom and earth. Medium concentration, shy red fruit, silky, cool and lean, medium acidity, earthy mineral, mostly resolved tannins and a medium long subtle red fruit driven finish. This has developed nicely in double magnum format. It reminds me Clos Rougeard a bit. A pleasant surprise. (1195 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 12/7/2020 & rated 91 points: From a bottle of 75cl, rather mineral on the nose, sweet bell pepper, along with some sweet red currant fruits, the palate is deep, but rather light in body and the colour is slightly brownish, translucent! (2064 views) | | | Tasted by DAHT on 2/1/2019 & rated 88 points: On the nose red-fruit driven, notes of plum, some spice, green pepper and leathery notes. On the palate still retaining decent red fruit. Tannins have receded and the structure is quite soft. Lacks structure and complexity of a very good wine but not altogether unsatisfying to drink. It needs drinking, little merit in cellaring for longer. Overall competent but lacking panache. (2748 views) | | | Tasted by Burgnick on 12/29/2017 & rated 89 points: Pnp. Nose is perfumed with some red currant, herbs and tobacco. Palate has some tertiary note with hint of forest and sous bois. Tannins have softened. This is drinking slightly off peak. Drink up. (3609 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 3/7/2017 & rated 92 points: Came from a magnum this time, the colour more or less like a bottle of red Burgundy which is very beautiful! Transparent red in colour and very clear! You got the nose of sweet red fruits and a hint of bell pepper and occasionally a little leather! Very smooth on the palate, offering some sweetness along with a little fresh fruitiness, very easy to drink! Quite simple, perfect to pair it with well presented, well-crafted food! It really is a very decent drink! I don't know about the longevity of the bottle, but my magnum just told me it can live for another five years very easily! (4235 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 12/24/2013 & rated 91 points: Dark Ruby in colour, brownish rim! Huge nose of brett, dried fruits and cured meat! Rustic palate with mouthful of dry out dark fruits, a touch of oak! Prefer to drink now!
Merry Christmas! (7107 views) | | | Tasted by Mackmoo on 7/15/2012 & rated 91 points: Drinking very well now. Fragrant nose. Smooth on the palate. Slightly tannic on the end. Medium finish. Nice for a weak vintage. Tasted this together with a Haut Brion 97. Preferred this! (7570 views) | | | Tasted by AndrewSGHall on 3/16/2012: Boring. No presence or interest. (6812 views) | | | Tasted by DonalOB on 11/26/2011 & rated 92 points: Chateau La Conseillante Wine Tasting (Watson's, Hong Kong): Some bricking apparent. Strong green pepper on the nose and palate. Also leather, mushroom, game and other savoury flavours. Not a great length but delicate and interesting. (6863 views) | | | Tasted by Alex H on 10/16/2011 & rated 86 points: Rounder young capsicums. Really ex fresh and succulent. Tea leaves and dark sexy fruits. Delicious. Some spiced plums. Sexy wine. Good stuff. (5940 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 10/11/2011 & rated 93 points: Dinner at La Noce (La Noce, Valley Point): I thought this was beautiful - a lovely Pomerol, quite at peak. I cannot imagine this wine being better anytime before, nor can I foresee it getting much better in the distant future, such a treat. Starting with a beautiful Bordeaux nose, this came wafting out of the glass in fragrant layers of tobacco, cigar smoke, roasted capsicums, lush earthy tones and beautiful red fruit tones. Lovely stuff, no one had any doubts that this was a Pomerol when served blind from that nose alone. The palate was pitch perfect - integrated, balanced, complete, it had a robe of silken tannins thrown over pure dark fruit flavours of blackberries and dark cherries flecked by mineral, spice, dark chocolate and earth. The "weak" vintage certainly worked in our favour tonight. It was clearly neither the most powerful, nor the most compelling La Conseillante, but was wonderful elegant and brilliantly drinkable. At a wonderful place now, this was a lovely drink that formed a perfect marriage with the roast rack of lamb on my plate. (3952 views) | | | Tasted by DSo on 5/4/2011 & rated 91 points: Popped and poured. Nose of berries, herbs, a classic matured merlot. the tannin is soften and there are still some fruits on the palate. and some acidity at the finish, just a bit short aftertaste, drink well now and can be kept for few more years. (3380 views) | | | Tasted by G_H on 4/26/2011 & rated 86 points: Prime drinking. I was in the mood for 97 BDX and that was what the restaurant had (BTW: Guido al Duomo in Munich has an exceptional wine list and really fair prices!)
Balanced, leather, cherries, lacks a bit of depth but very subtle and interesting (3517 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 12/2/2010 & rated 92 points: A genteel bottle that you might argue the wine itself isn't strong enough, lacking longevity and depth, I agree! In a different perspective, it is a wine full of subtle flavor, the bouquet is absolutely gorgeous, complex! Very healthy in color, deep ruby with a little bit of brown edge, nose of dried herbs, rose petals, leather and a touch of fresh mint, elegant! Silky smooth texture in the mouth, the fruit is there but not too much, harmonious! A classic right bank "Claret" as my friend say! Surely a wine to my personal taste but I'm sure a lot of people will disagree! That is just my opinion!! (3603 views) | | | Tasted by JWCalhoun on 10/20/2010 & rated 94 points: A truly world class bottle of wine. This is why Bordeaux is the best. The complexity and overall enjoyment of this bottle was head and shoulders above anything we've ever drank; it's a totally different class than the younger, but good wines we are used to drinking. It'll be interesting to see if these older wines are truly better or are we just experiencing a different flavor. (3558 views) | | | Tasted by DAN BAILEY on 4/13/2010: Fading colour. Soft nose and palate of red fruits and plums. Last sip finished really well with lovely, precise, sweet red fruit. All you could hope for from a 97 really. (3618 views) | | | Tasted by SoCal on 3/6/2010: Consistent with my last notes but this time around less decanting. The only thing I did not recall from last bottle was that early on this wine showed a woody scotch like finish. Later in the evening this blew off. Overall a very enjoyable Pomerol. (3493 views) | | | Tasted by christhewino on 2/27/2010 & rated 94 points: This is why I drink wine. The nose is cedar, light tobacco, plums and leather. The palate is smooth fruit, plums, capsicum and a delightful finish of plum and raisin. I believe there is another 3-4 years in this. First rate. (3503 views) | | | Tasted by Alex H on 1/17/2010 & rated 84 points: Cellar Raid; 1/15/2010-1/17/2010 (Extraspace): Excellently fresh! with fresh leather and exotic indian sandalwood and smoky licourice spices. The freshness of the fruit just gets to you and dominates the flavour profile with its lifted cool freshness almost to a eucalyptus chill. Mostly dark fruits with touch of mocha. Very nice. (4209 views) | | | Tasted by allied on 11/26/2009: awesome! (3779 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 11/17/2009 & rated 90 points: Having a bottle of this at this moment and time is fabulous!!! The perfect wine for venison dish, gamey nose, the fruit is slightly fading, the wine clearly in the top, still healthy ruby in colour, quite dark I have to say, blueberry and a touch of cherry in the nose, very intense gamey palate, quite smooth, in my opinion a great autumn wine for game dishes! Cheers! (3651 views) | | | Tasted by SoCal on 3/23/2009 & rated 88 points: No formal TN. Very earthy with a damp forest floor style of scent. Not much fruit a much more compost driven style. Very smooth palate but sort of thin. Overall still a nice wine to drink and relax with did pair well with food due to the fact it was not over bearing. (3804 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 2/20/2009 & rated 92 points: Even in this lighter vintage a beautiful expression of its superb terroir; elegant, silky, creamy, with ripe Merlot fruit and beautiful minerality. (2125 views) | | | Tasted by Dave Dalluge on 3/2/2008: No notes taken, but I can't say I liked this. The nose offered mainly mineral notes with some pruny fruit. The texture was very silky, but the taste was austere featuring mineral and chocolate flavors. I've never had this, so I can't say for sure but I suspect this bottle suffered from long-term storage at an elevated temperature (these were purchased fairly recently). (4015 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 11/27/2007 & rated 90 points: Delicious. Slightly piquant fruit, refreshing, well-balanced, light but smooth and stylish, terroir, decent length, a delicate Conseillante. (2374 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Written in the Stars: Bordeaux 1865-2020 (Dec 2023) (12/1/2023)
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Vinous, Purple Reign: La Conseillante 1966-2015 (May 2018) (5/18/2018)
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Decanter, La Conseillante vertical (12/1/2017)
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| Château La Conseillante Producer website - Read more about Chateau La ConseillanteRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC
In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984.
As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as:
- sales price levels
- national and international commercial distribution
- the estate's reputation on the market
Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville.
The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas.
By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case.
Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths B category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?Pomerol Wikipedia | French wine guide - Read about Pomerol |
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